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Strauss, Howard – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
In this article, the author looks to the past for trends in hardware, software, networking, and education and attempt to extrapolate where they are going and what their broad implications might be. However, there are many different ways that trends can be interpreted, and it is easy to pick trends that support one's thesis and ignore ones that…
Descriptors: Internet, Trend Analysis, Prediction, Expectation
Staman, E. Michael – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1996
Discusses the declining performance of the Internet in light of the rapid growth of commercial enterprises on the Internet and World Wide Web, along with plans by the National Science Foundation, the Federation of American Research Networks, and research universities to develop a new, high-performance Internet (or Internet II) for educational and…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Networks, Higher Education, Internet

Smith, Susan Belasco – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1992
The shift from limited-capacity personal computers to powerful workstation technology offers an environment for writing instruction that allows networking, simultaneous performance of many tasks, and tools for designing custom lessons and individual applications. At Allegheny College (Pennsylvania), a first-year writing course is supported…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Bollier, David; Firestone, Charles M. – 1997
This roundtable report draws on recent developments and trade press articles to show the trends and drivers that are redefining the fundamental conditions and relationships of markets, organizations, and social relationships. The report is divided into four main sections. In the first, "The New Competitive Landscape" brought on by networked…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Information Industry, Information Networks
Schwartz, Evan I. – 2002
This is a report of the 10th annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology (Aspen, Colorado, August 2-5, 2001). Participants were also polled after the events of September 11, and these comments have been integrated into the report. The mission of this report is to take a wide-ranging look at the trends that are defining the next new…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Corporations, Development
MacKnight, Carol B. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
Strategies at several private and public colleges and universities to support advancing information technology are described. Trends include distributed computing, database connectivity, and increased computer use in teaching. Common instructional concerns include facilitating use of technology and developing "supertech" classrooms.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Itzkan, Seth J. – Computing Teacher, 1995
Describes tools for technological forecasting, including expert opinion, leading indicators, and trend analysis. Discussion includes process of technology diffusion and the changes it creates, and draws implications for instruction and school administration as well as emerging computer and telecommunications applications in business. Estimates are…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Administration

Lavagnino, Merri Beth – College & Research Libraries, 1997
This paper examines the role of academic systems librarians, focusing on the effect of networking technologies. Outlines stages in the evolution of the field derived from the literature and surveys, discusses new administrative and professional tasks and trends resulting from technological change, and speculates about the future of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Agents, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society)
Flanagan, Patrick – Telecommunications, 1996
Synthesizes opinions of experts regarding technologies deemed most likely to enter the telecommunications mainstream by 1998, including: (1) the Java programming language; (2) voice- over frame relay; (3) virtual local area networks (LANs); (4) cable modems; (5) gigabit LANs; (6) Internet appliances; (7) personal satellite phones; (8) intranets;…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Computer Peripherals, Data Processing
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Five papers from the 1990 CAUSE conference's Track III, Organization and Personnel are presented. The papers share ways in which professionals are preparing organizationally for the challenges and opportunities of managing information technology in the future, including such subjects as the kinds and availability of human resources that are…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Networks
Brennan, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume documents two program sessions that reported on the Association of American Universities' (AAU) Research Libraries Project. This project was initiated by the AAU in collaboration with ARL and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; interim reports from the AAU task forces were presented in October 1993 and have been…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Gilbert, Philippe – 1996
Starting in the 1980s the online world has seen two models: the French model, Minitel, and the American model, Internet. At the end of 1995 the Minitel network was the biggest and oldest online service with 7 million users and 20,000 service providers; one year later, the Internet arrived. Tomorrow's online model will need to be: as familiar to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers
Smith, Peter – 1998
Forty-one small liberal arts colleges were visited during the 1997-98 school year in order to talk to key information technology staff and to see computing facilities. A survey containing 15 factual and 10 open-ended questions was used to gather information. This paper presents findings in the following areas and comparison with results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Current and developing issues in college and university computing are delineated, including next generation networks, achieving widespread integration of technology into teaching and learning, meeting high demand, the virtual university, information policy in a networked environment, replacement of administrative systems, information resources…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Quality Education Data, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1996
This report focuses on the present and projected usage of technology within United States school districts and schools. The trends and projections outlined in this report are based upon an analysis of 1995-96 school year data as compared with similar data collected since 1987. Data are presented in four major sections: (1) Methodology, (2)…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Finance